Animals
New Prehistoric Bird Species is Oldest Known Avian
The confirmation of a new species of prehistoric bird has generated a multi-pronged discovery: the new species is 10 million years older than Archaeopteryx, the creature previously considered the oldest bird known to science, the discovery reclassified a family of bird-like creatures as avian, and, perhaps most importantly, it ended all debate around whether Archaeopteryx should truly be considered avian.
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